SC Directs Appointment Of Candidate Turned Away By Kerala Public Service Commission [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court, recently, directed the Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) to appoint a candidate who had been denied advice memo for appointment as a Lower Division Typist.The Court was hearing an Appeal filed by one Ms. R. Beena, challenging the decision of the KPSC to deny her an advice for appointment claiming that she did not possess the additional qualification prior to the date...

GST On Legal Services By Lawyers And Law Firms On ‘Reverse Charge’ Basis: GST Council Clarifies

In the 20th GST Council meeting held on Saturday, it has been clarified that the GST on services provided by lawyers including Senior Advocates and law firms would be applicable on a ‘reverse charge’ basis.“To clarify that legal services (including representational services) provided by an individual advocate or a senior advocate or a firm of advocates (including LLP) provided to a...

Breaking: Kerala HC Quashes BCCI’s Life Ban on Sreesanth [Read Judgment]

Kerala High Court on Monday set aside the life ban and other punishments imposed by BCCI on former Indian Cricketer Sreesanth.Justice A Muhamed Mustaque has allowed the writ petition by Sreesanth against the ban and other punishments pursuant to the disciplinary proceedings initiated by BCCI against him.Sreesanth suffered an ignominious exit from all format of the cricket, nationally...

SC Issues Fresh Directions To PACL Ltd Following Lodha Panel’s Concerns Over Its Non-Cooperation

The ‘ponzi saga’ of the PACL Ltd, which is being monitored by the Supreme Court through the Lodha Committee, continues to unravel.On August 4, the Supreme Court bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and S.Abdul Nazeer, directed PACL Ltd to furnish information, as required by paragraph 4.4.7 of the Lodha Committee Report dated April 11.The Pearls Group of companies owe Rs.57,000 crore to...

Can Pensioners Be Divided Into Arbitrary Categories To Deny Rightful Pension, SC Set To Give A Ruling

The Supreme Court bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and Uday Umesh Lalit, on August 1 concluded hearing the arguments and reserved its judgment in the case of United Bank of India v United Bank of India Retirees Welfare Association & Others.   This is an appeal against the Calcutta High Court’s Division Bench judgment, delivered on September 26 last year.The case raises an...

Application For Early Hearing In Bofors Case Filed Before SC [Read Application]

An application has been moved before the Supreme Court seeking early hearing in the Rs. 64 crore Bofors pay-off case, alleging collusion between the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the accused persons.The Application, filed by BJP leader and Advocate Ajay Agrawal, highlights this collusion by pointing out that the Agency did not challenge the Delhi High Court’s order dated 31...

Justices Dipak Misra, Ashok Bhushan And Abdul Nazeer To Hear Ayodhya Appeals On August 11

Chief Justice of India, Justice JS Khehar has constituted a special three judge bench for hearing cross appeals in the Ayodhya land dispute case.Justices Dipak Misra, Ashok Bhushan and Abdul Nazeer will hear the appeals on August 11 at 2pm.On July 21,  BJP leader Subramanian Swamy  mentioned the matter before Chief Justice J S Khehar seeking early adjudication of the decades-old...

SC Constitutes Committee To Oversee Fencing on Indo-Bangladesh Border

The Supreme Court bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Rohinton Fali Nariman, on July 31, set up a committee to oversee the border fencing work on the Indo-Bangladesh border including the riverine portion thereof.  The members of the committee include G.K.Pillai, I.A.S.(Retd.) who will function as the Chairman and D.K.Pathak, IPS (Former DG, Border Security Force) and Prof.Abdul Mannan...

Nine HCs Oppose All India Service For Lower Judiciary

Even as the Centre has given a big push to the idea, Nine High Courts have opposed a proposal to have an all-India service for lower judiciary, eight have sought changes in the proposed framework and only two have supported the idea, a law ministry document says.News agency Press Trust of India reported that the document, sent to all members of the parliamentary consultative committee on law...

Amicus Arvind Datar Submits Concept Note In Favor Of An All-India District Judges Recruitment Exam [Read Report]

Senior Advocate Arvind Datar, on Friday, submitted a Concept Note to the Supreme Court, elucidating on the need for a Central Selection Mechanism for the subordinate judiciary, and proposing a structure for the same.The Note has been issued on a suo motu PIL initiated by the Court, taking cognizance of a letter written by Secretary of the Law Ministry’s Department of Justice,...

Filling Up Of Police Vacancies: SC Permits States To Submit Roadmaps Within 10 Days

The Supreme Court bench of the Chief Justice J.S.Khehar and Justice D.Y.Chandrachud on August 4, granted the States, and Union Territories which have not so far filed their affidavits, to do so within ten days, in a part-heard matter, in which  petitioner, Manish Kumar, seeks prompt filling up huge number of vacancies in police departments in various States.Manish Kumar, a Supreme Court...

SC Unhappy Over Non-Filling Of ITAT Vacancies

“The process of appointment has been obfuscated and mere lip service has been paid to the matter”, Senior Advocate Meenakshi Arora who appears in the matter had told the courtThe Centre has told the Supreme Court that the process of filling vacancies in  Income Tax Appellate Tribunals (ITAT) across India is  at an advanced stage and the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet was looking...